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[This information is from pp. 161-165 of Shovel Ready: Razing Hopes, History, and a Sense of Place: Rethinking Schenectady's Downtown Strategies, a master's thesis in city planning by Christopher Patrick Spencer (MIT, 2001), and is reproduced with his permission. It is in the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 711 Spe.]
Chapter 1
- Figure 1.01 Borderland: Origins of the American Suburb, 1820-1939, John Stilgoe.
- Figure 1.02 Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston, 1870-1900, Sam Bass Warner.
- Figure 1.03 Schenectady, A Pictorial History, Larry Hart.
- Figure 1.04 Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future, Joseph Corn.
- Figure 1.05 American Dreamscape, Tom Martinson.
- Figure 1.06 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 1.07 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 1.08 Providence Preservation Society, Providence, Rhode Island
- Figure 1.09 Providence Preservation Society, Providence, Rhode Island.
Chapter 2
- Figure 2.01 Schenectady, a Pictorial History, Larry Hart.
- Figure 2.02 From private collection of Beth Spencer
- Figure 2.03 From private collection of Beth Spencer
- Figure 2.04 Chris Spencer, © 2000
- Figure 2.05 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 2.06 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 2.07 From Private collection of Beth Spencer
- Figure 2.08 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 2.09 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 2.10 Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 2.11 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 2.12 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 2.13 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
Chapter 3
- Figure 3.01 Hofstra University, Brochure 2001.
- Figure 3.02 Las Vegas: The Great American Playground, Robert McCracken.
- Figure 3.03 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 3.04 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 3.05 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
Chapter 4
- Figure 4.01 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.02 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.03 Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.04 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.05 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.06 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.07 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.08 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.09 Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 4.10 Union-Star, Schenectady, New York.
Chapter 5
- Figure 5.01 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 5.02 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 5.03 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 5.04 Providence Preservation Society, Providence, Rhode Island.
Chapter 6
- Figure 6.01 Union-Star, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 6.02 Union-Star, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 6.03 Union-Star, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 6.04 Union-Star, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 6.05 Schenectady 1924 Plan (EHRC, Schenectady, New York).
- Figure 6.06 1905 Atlas (EHRC, Schenectady, New York).
- Figure 6.07 Generated from Base Map in Hunter Master Plan
Chapter 7
- Figure 7.01 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.02 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 7.03 Tales of Old Schenectady, Vol. I, Larry Hart.
- Figure 7.04 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 7.05 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 7.06 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.07 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.08 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.09 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.10 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.11 Tales of Old Schenectady, Vol. I, Larry Hart.
- Figure 7.12 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.13 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.14 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 7.15 Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.16 Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.17 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.18 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 7.19 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 7.20 Power of Preservation, Arthur Cotton Moore.
- Figure 7.21 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
Chapter 8
- Figure 8.01 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 8.02 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 8.03 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 8.04 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 8.05 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 8.06 Great Streets, Allan Jacobs.
Chapter 9
- Figure 9.01 From private collection of Bob Sullivan
- Figure 9.02 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.03 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.04 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.05 Mark Esposito, © 2001.
- Figure 9.06 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.07 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.08 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.09 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.10 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.11 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.12 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.13 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 9.14 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 9.15 Tales of Old Schenectady, Vol. I, Larry Hart.
- Figure 9.16 BBL, Job Site Sign, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 9.17 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
Chapter 10
- Figure 10.01 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 10.02 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 10.03 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 10.04 Saint John the Evangelist Church, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 10.05 Mark Esposito, © 2001.
- Figure 10.06 Mark Esposito, © 2001.
- Figure 10.07 Chris Spencer, © 2001.
- Figure 10.08 Efner History Research Center, Schenectady, New York.
- Figure 10.09 Hunter Master Plan / Synthesis Architects (from Web site <http://www.scpl.org/> — now at <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>)